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Bill Carrigan, chairman of Rowan University’s Department of History, will have the honor of delivering his hypothetical “Last Lecture” on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. in the Eynon Ballroom of the Chamberlain Student Center, 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro.

Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM brought home a national College Broadcasters Inc. (CBI) award in the category of “Best Documentary” for “Heroin High,” a piece focusing on the drug culture in South Jersey schools. The award was presented during CBI’s annual conference in San Antonio on Nov. 2.

Hanukkah is a relatively minor festival on the Jewish calendar. But that’s not so in the United States, where American Jews have transformed an almost forgotten celebration into the most visible of American Jewish holidays, according to Rowan University Religion Studies Professor Dianne Ashton.

During "CHSS Career Connections: Our Alumni Today," Rowan's College of Humanities & Social Sciences will join with the Career Management Center and the Office of Alumni Relations to present an evening in which Rowan liberal arts alumni will discuss how their humanities and social science studies prepared them for successful careers.

Come help build the bond between Special Olympics athletes and Rowan University students as Rowan’s Rec Center hosts the third annual “Miles for Medals” 5K and one-mile fun run on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 11 a.m. on the Glassboro campus.

David G. Tarr, former lead economist with The World Bank, will discuss “The Financial Crisis of 2008 and What We Have/Have Not Learned From It” during a presentation on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 10:50 a.m. in the Eynon Ballroom of the Chamberlain Student Center at Rowan University.